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Light broke forth in Wales, expelling darkness, or, The Englishman's love to the ancient…Light broke forth in Wales, expelling darkness, or, The Englishman's love to the antient…
Light broke forth in Wales, expelling darkness, or, The Englishman's love to the ancient Britons [sic] being an answer to a book, intituled [sic] Children's baptism from Heaven, published in the Welsh tongue by Mr. James Owen / by Benjamin Keach.Light broke forth in Wales, expelling darkness, or, The Englishman's love to the antient Britains [sic] being an answer to a book, iutituled [sic] Children's baptism from Heaven, published in the Welsh tongue by Mr. James Owen / by Benjamin Keach.
London: printed by William Marshall, 1696
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Answer, If John had wrought Miracles and healed the Sick, I doubt not, but they would have brought their Children to him to have them healed, as well as they brought them to Christ, but John wrought no Miracles; also our Saviour was a healing the Sick when they brought Children to him; and it may fairly be inferred, they brought little Children that were distempered to him, to have him lay his Hands upon them, which was his way in healing the Sick, as I have said before.
Answer, If John had wrought Miracles and healed the Sick, I doubt not, but they would have brought their Children to him to have them healed, as well as they brought them to Christ, but John wrought no Miracles; also our Saviour was a healing the Sick when they brought Children to him; and it may fairly be inferred, they brought little Children that were distemper'd to him, to have him lay his Hands upon them, which was his way in healing the Sick, as I have said before.
You say Infant Baptism was an usual thing in the Jewish Church, several hundred years before the time of John, and tell us a story of Moses Ben Maimon, who collected the Rites of the ancient Jewish Church.
You say Infant Baptism was an usual thing in the Jewish Church, several hundred years before the time of John, and tell us a story of Moses Ben Maimon, who colected the Rites of the ancient Jewish Church.
Answer, I have answered that already, you having urged that argument before.